Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-07
AGITATlNG AGAINST COERCION.
Speeches Last Night by Sir James Kis.
son and John Morley.

The agitation against the new Irish coercion
Dill continues to gather force in England At Q
meeting OF the liberal federation In London, yes
terday, the president, Sir James Kitson,
denounced the policy OF the government as brutal,
and said that they were trying to reduce the Irish
TO the level OF the Hottentot He moved that the
RECREATION protest against the coercion bill as re
troGrade In policy tyrannical 10 principle and vim
dictfve In detail Admiral Mexse reused an uproar
oy asking whether the crimes bill was not really
an anti-coercion measure, aiming to sup
press the shameful coercion OF the National
League. He asked which form OF coercion English
liberals should support. II English home rulers
were consistent about governing ireland accord
ing 70 Irish ideas, they were bound to let the
country go, conceding that absolute independence
which the nationalist wanted. An attempt was
here made to hiss down the speaker but the CHAIR
man ruled that the speaker was in order. Conttn-
ung, the speaker said that this pursuit OF the alb
stract principle OF nationalism would result In the
aDdicat1on or EnglandS national responsibilities
and cause their country to become weak and ip-
significant and liable to fall an easy prey to any
adjoining nation that cultivated strength and con-
Soildat1on while England cultivated dissolution
and decay. The speakers concluding words were
drowned with noise. The presidents motion was
approved, as was also resolution expressing
gratatude to Mr.. Gladstone for his wisdom and
courage In opposing coercive measures. The dele
gates made arrangements for q series of anti-coer.
Three hundred non-conformist ministers nave
bill
OUTSTANDING IRELAND
MI. Jno. Morley addressed an audience OF 1900
liberals at Victoria Hail. In South London last
night. He charged the government with Russian
king the administration In Ireland, and denounced
the crimes bill as hateful instrument OF oppres-
Sion The measure, he said, was intended TO lay
The tenants at the feet OF the landlords who
flushed with triumph, would be Spurred on by their
own needs TO harsh eXacuons. But the liberals
would not desert the Irish people. The time was
when Irfshmen saw no light on the horizon save
what shOne across the floods OF the great Atlantic
NOW they saw a new light nearer home. They no
longer looked TO the westward alone; they looked
TO the eastward, too, and they saw beacon OF
hope and sympathy from England. That beacon
would never be put out. Mr.. MOrleys speech
aroused unbOunded enthusiasm.
At a meeting Ia Chelsea last night a letter WAS
read from MIR. Gladstone, In which he said: '&Our
adverSaries have awaited themselves OF the fact
mat 1 have taken a large share In placing the
irish problem as question OF practical politics
before the country, to plead that it is personal
affair, that it Is not a true conviction, and that
Justice OF the Irish demand. little reserve on my
part viii help them to be sooner undeceived and
TO profit more effectively by the teaching they
are already beginning to receive-the teaching OF
events"
Mr.. Dillon addressed meeting at the town hall
In birmingham last evening He said he would
rather be twenty times tried at the Old Bailey
than by packed jury In Ireland. He condemned
the land bill, which, he said, was worse than the
coercion bill. He declared that more monstruus
deception had never been attempted than TO pre-
tend that the land bill was a remedial measure
IL was Oil, he SAID TO facilitate the collection OF
rack rents and TO simplify eyicti0ns